Tudor dinner celebrates season

The Wisconsin Union’s 70th annual Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts offer an evening of fine dining, old English pageantry and rich choral presentations.

The program starts with a Wassail Bowl — a captivating mulled wine — and the presentation of the Boar’s Head, a Tudor tradition. Accompanying the feast are strolling minstrels, followed by the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison.

The menu includes a salad of chopped romaine with pecans, a sprinkle of blue cheese and a cranberry balsamic vinaigrette; a petite filet of beef tenderloin with a mushroom Madeira sauce and a petite filet of salmon with citrus cream sauce; and oven roasted red potatoes and asparagus. A vegetarian option is also available. Dinner is followed by the spectacular flaming figgy pudding ceremonial and a spectacular choral presentation by the chorus.

Tickets are available for Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 3-5; Sunday, Dec. 7; and Tuesday-Wednesday, Dec. 9-10. Dec. 6 is sold out, and no dinner is scheduled Dec. 8. Tickets are $37.50 for Union members and $42.50 for non-members. Download an order form at http://www.union.wisc.edu/ tudordinners, or call 262-2201 to order.